[Tristan Nieto]

Also, check your Memory & Cache preferences. You may have set a really small maximum RAM usage limit.

[Tristan Nieto]

It should be one of the quicktime codecs. If you set the output module format to “quicktime movie” and then hit “format options” you should be able to select from a list of codecs, one being DVCPRO50. That said, I’ve only ever used AE on a mac, but I’m pretty sure it should still be there.

[Tristan Nieto]

Unfortunately, Rotoscoping layers and plugging the holes is not really possible. The shot is a track through a forest, so if you can imagine the complexity of trying to rotoscope every branch… oy vey.

I just ended up using the wiggler, but it got me thinking… Would such an effect be possible even if we had planned it from the beginning?

[Tristan Nieto]

Nevermind… crisis averted. Everything is super.

[Tristan Nieto]

Thanks for that, the dumper utility is great.

I finally fixed the issue, so i’ve decided to print the solution just incase someone else has the same problem. This was given to me by a friend just as a check to make sure it definately was the application and not something else, and it turned out fixing the problem.

1) During boot up, hold option-S
2) When you get to the menu, type: fsck -f (enter). This will basically repair permissions without any particular user being logged in.
3) Once it finishes, type the same thing again and hit enter. Repeat this process until it gives you the message that the volume was examined and is ok (ie – no changes were made).
4) Type: reboot (enter).
5) This time log in (as admin or with admin access) and run repair permissions (in utilities>disk utility)
6) Open terminal (utilities>terminal) and type: sudo periodic daily (enter). It’ll ask for your password after that.
7) In terminal, type: sudo periodic weekly (enter), which will run for longer. When that’s done, type: sudo periodic monthly (enter).
8) When that’s finished, type: sudo update_prebinding -root / -force (enter). Let it run.
9) Reboot.

Aparently, you can run this when any program crashes or anytime the machine is glitchy. If you get to the end of this process and the program is still not working, you’ve practically guaranteed that the problem is somewhere in the application.

Thanks for all your help guys, and I hope this helps the next guy with the same problem

Tristan

[Tristan Nieto]

Thanks for the help,

So far, still no joy, though, i’m not sure what the most reliable way of uninstalling FCP is. What i’m currently doing is just trashing every file related to FCP i can find and running the installer again. I think it’s working, but i’m not convinced. The installer says it needs 1.2 Gb of free space for the installation, so presumably it’s doing something. Running FCP Rescue and uninstalling the blackmagic drivers hasn’t seemed to have made a difference. Just for safety, i haven’t reinstalled any of the blackmagic drivers.

Anyone have a sure fire way to completely remove FCP HD from your machine?

Tristan